Bracket-holder.



PATENTED JULY 28, 1903.

G. F. PRICE.

BRAGKET HOLDER.

APRLIOATION FILED JUNE 21, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

Witnaooea UNITED STATES Patented July 28, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

BRACKET-HOLDER.

QEECEFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,948, dated July 28, 1903.

Application filed June 21, 1902.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE FRANK PRICE,- a citizen of the United States, residing at Hegewisch, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shade-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shade-fixtures, and has for its object the production of a device of this character wherein the bracket proper is capable of adjustment to compensate for shade-rollers of varying length, and, further, to provide new and improved means for locking the bracket in its adjusted position.

A further object of the invention-is to provide a device of this character which is cheap, durable, and efficient.

Theinvention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a window-frame having supported in front thereof a shade by means of brackets of my improved construction. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of a shade-bracket constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 3 is a similar View thereof, illustrating the position the central portion of the base-plate assumes when the device is in applied position. Fig.4 is a transverse sectional view of the base-plate, involving a slight modification, the bracket being in side elevation. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, illustrating the position the central portion of the base-plate assumes when in applied position.

1 designates the upper portion of a window-frame having secured thereon brackets 2 of a construction involving my invention and adapted to support. in front thereof a shade 3.

4 designates the bracket proper, comprising a supporting-plate 5, having the ends thereof bent upon themselves to provide channels 6 for the reception of the upper and lower edges of a base-plate 7 to adjustably mount the same thereon and to permit of its being secured in its adjustable position. The supporting-plate has secured thereto to project in front thereof a bearing-plate 8, pro- Serial No. 112,720- (No model.)

vided with a suitable bearing 9 for the reception of the gudgeon of a shade-roller.

The base-plate 7 is of an expansible character and is provided with a central flexible concavo-convex portion l0,which when forced into a vertical plane increases the width of the plate by forcing the edges thereof laterally from its longitudinal center and into frictional engagement with the terminal walls of the channels 6, whereby the bracket 4 is secured in its applied position thereon. The portion 10 has projecting therefrom at acute angles flanges 11, adapted to be received by the channels 6 to adjustably mount the bracket 4 upon the base-plate and to permit the edges thereof being forced into trictional engagement with the terminal walls of the channels 6to lock the bracket in its adjusted position. The flanges 11 by virtue of their acute disposition with relation to the portion 10 permit the mounting of the bracket upon the base-plate to be moved thereon without coming in contact with the window-frame when the device is in applied position, thereby facilitating the free adjustment of the bracket. The portion 10 is provided with perforations 12, through which pass screws 12 or other fastening means to secure the device in applied position and through the medium of which the plate may be expanded, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5, to lock the bracket 4 in its adjusted position.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have illustrated a slight modification of my invention, which modification lies in interposing between the flanges 11 and the portion 10 horizontally-disposed flanges 13, which support the flanges 11 a sufficient distance from the window-frame to permit the adjustment of the bracket 4 upon the base-plate without liability of contacting with the window-frame.

The operation of the device may be explained as follows: The base-plates may be secured in appliedposition upon the windowframe through the medium of screws or other fastening means, which application of the devices forces the portions 10 against the window-frame to a vertical plane, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 5, thereby expanding the plates and consequently placing the edges of the flanges 11 into frictional engagement with the terminal walls of the channels 6. The brackets may be adjusted upon the baseplates to permit the bearings 9 to receive the gudgeons of a shade-roller by slightly'tapping the same with a hammer, and in which adjusted position the brackets will remain through the virtue of the frictional engagement of the walls of the channels 6 by the edges of the flanges 11.

The further operation of the device may be explained as follows: The brackets may be partially secured to a window-casing by means of screws or other suitable fastening means, which partial securing of the devices does not alter the shape of the portions 10 and permits of the adjustment of the brackets 4: upon the base-plates for and in a manner that is obvious. The brackets 4 may be locked in their adjusted positions by forcing the portions 10 in a vertical plane, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5, through the medium of the fastening means in wholly securing the base-plates-in applied positions, thereby binding the upper and lower edges of the flanges ll against the walls of the channels 6.

It is obvious from the above.description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, that I provide a shade-bracket in which the bracket proper is locked in its adjusted position in a new and novel manner and one that is cheap, durable, and eflicient.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl. A shade-fixture comprising a base-plate having flanges and a flexible portion between the flanges whereby the base-plate may be expanded, and a bracket adjustably mounted upon the flanges and adapted to be held in applied position by the expansion of the baseplate.

2. A shade-fixture, comprising a base-plate having flanges and a concavo-convex flexible portion whereby the base-plate may be expanded, and a bracket adjustably mounted upon the flanges and adapted to be held in applied position by the expansion of the baseplate.

3. A shade-fixture, comprising a base-plate having flanges arranged at an angle with relation thereto, said base-plate also having a flexible portion whereby the base-plate may be expanded,and a bracket adj ustably mounted upon the flanges and adapted to be held in applied position by the expansion of the baseplate.

4. A shade-fixture, comprising a bracket provided with a supporting-plate having bent ends forming channels, a base-plate having a flexible portion whereby the base-plate may be expanded, and edges to the base-plate adapted to be forced into frictional engagement with the terminal walls of the channels when the base-plate is expanded.

5. A shade-fixture comprising a base-plate having flanges and a flexible portion whereby the base-plate may be expanded to move the flanges laterally from the longitudinal center of the base-plate, and a bracket adjustably mounted upon the flanges and adapted to be held in applied position by the expansion of the base-plate.

6. A shade-fixture comprising a base-plate having flanges arranged at an angle thereon and a flexible portion whereby the flanges may be moved laterally from the longitudinal center of the base-plate, and a bracket adjustably mounted upon the flanges and adapted to be held in applied position by the expansion of the base-plate.

7. A shade-fixture comprising a base-plate having flanges and a flexible portion where by the flanges may be moved laterally from the longitudinal center of the base-plate, a bracket adjustably mounted upon the flanges and adapted to be held in applied position by the expansion of the base-plate, and means for causing the base-plate to expand. 8. A shade-fixture comprising a base-plate having flanges and a flexible portion whereby the base-plate may be expanded, a bracket adjustably mounted upon the flanges and adapted to be held in applied position by the expansion of the base-plate, and means for expanding and securing the base-plate in applied position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE FRANK PRICE.

Witnesses:

CALVIN H. SWINGLE, ARTHUR VAN DELL. 

